Multiple Law Enforcement at a Residence on Salmon Creek Road
The Humboldt County Drug Task Force at the Bumper Factory in Salmon Creek. [Photo by Becky Crossland]
According to one local, there are seven vehicles at the incident. Only one is marked but many have red and blue flashing lights. Another local reports that there is at least one K-9 on scene.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department tells us that this is the Humboldt County Drug Task Force. The DTF consists of officers and deputies from several different law enforcement agencies within Humboldt County.
Normally, the DTF investigates anything to do with illegal drugs beyond the street level within Humboldt County. They focus on sales and trafficking rather than just use.
We’ve reached out to Sergeant Jim Mowrey of the DTF and requested more information about the situation. We’ll update when we learn more.
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@ Kym, extra “ON” in the title…
Thank you. Fixed
Uh o, must still be snowing at their house?
that’s hilarious!
🤣 didn’t think anyone got it
Why is it called the Bumper Factory?
Just a hunch. Prob lots of different cars chillin, could be secret room in the warehouse making them.
It was literally a bumper factory started by Casey Bowman in the early 1960s, I think. I went to Miranda Jr. High with Kenny Bowman.
Casey Bowman manufactured “Bowman Ballast Bumpers” there. This was back before 4-wheel-drive pickups were readily available. The rear bumper that Casey made had a built in water tank for ballast over the rear wheels. The bumper made a big difference in traction. Any logger worth his cork boots had one. All our pickups had one.
I moved up to Salmon Creek in 1973. At that time it was called liquid ballast bumper. These bumpers were hollow inside and could be filled with water to help with traction when you hit the hills. It was a pretty good idea I thought.
It was originally called the Liquid Ballast Bumper Factory. Apparently Casey developed a bumper that used liquid as a shock absorber.
sounds like people still do bumps there 😉 of what I’m not sure.
The Bumper Factory. Like it. Would be a great name for a catch-all comment section, think Covid.
Not again… Sheesh. DTF raids this poor dude once a week it feels like.
I know poor people are just trying make an honest living selling illegal drugs to people so they can stay addicted and destroy their lives along with their families until they OD and die. This is BS, they need to leave these large drug suppliers alone. Not only do their families depend on the money, but the cartel members they get their supply from do to. The cops are just a bunch of insensitive assholes.
Think you’re really clever, dontcha
Got that right drugs were possibly one of the only things that kept the world economy afloat during the 2008 financial meltdown. Look it up. You are smarter than you lead onto be. Don’t be bashful let those brains be exposed.
Don’t forget alcohol. I worked at a brewery during that time and it was raking in more profit than before the downturn.
Correct drugs saved the banking collapse in 2008 and pretty much kept the world economy afloat through the financial crisis. Look it up man.
How were you able to smoke that much?
Why don’t you post the link you looked up…
You are 20% spot on
Pretty sure I didn’t say anything even remotely close to what you insinuated…
Crap – you cracked me up
Have I been turned around all these years Kym? I’ve always thought of the ‘bumper factory’ being just east of Thomas Road.
Otherwise, they drive / have the nicest cars parked in there most the time. And it’s decorated nicely, seems they have money. But who knows. Could be a trust baby, right?
Nope. That was me. Fixed.
Seems like there are more of those stealth cop cars that look normal but have those light strips on them. Kinda big-brothery.
I heard DTF used our tax dollars and/or funds they confiscated to buy a whole fleet of brand new Tacoma’s and Tundra’s. Because during a stakeout, having a BRAND NEW vehicle is imperative to success….
In reality, all DTF does is get people to snitch on eachother. That’s it. Without snitches, they wouldn’t have jobs. They don’t go undercover. They don’t do crazy wiretaps. They don’t do actual police work. Just work with rats.
Speaking of things I heard. Didn’t the last head of DTF (before Tomlin) get in trouble for sleeping with his working girl confidential informants? And trading drugs for sex with them? And fabricating evidence? And then lying on the stand?
But these are the GOOD guys. Gotta remember that.
In Humboldt County? I don’t remember that.
Probably didn’t make the news. Big Surprise. 🙂
This place is a local drug den, and nothing but tweakers hangout out there, happy to see law enforcement actually cracking down on these types of drugs in our community.
Now who would think to look inside a custom built Bumper for drugs, Slick way to transport Right??
A lot of cool history on these comments, thank you